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Phlox pulvinata (Cushion phlox)
Bransford, W.D. and Dolphia

Phlox pulvinata (Wherry) Cronq.

Cushion phlox

Polemoniaceae (Phlox Family)

USDA Symbol: PHPU5

USDA Native Status: Native to U.S.

Phlox pulvinata, found from eastern Oregon to southwestern Montana, in the Sierra Nevada, and throughout the Rocky Mountain region south to New Mexico, forms tight mats, and its stems are not at all woody.

 

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Plant Characteristics

Duration: Perennial
Habit: Herb
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Distribution

USA: CA , CO , ID , MT , NM , NV , OR , UT , WY
USDA Native Status: L48(N)

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Additional resources

USDA: Find Phlox pulvinata in USDA Plants
FNA: Find Phlox pulvinata in the Flora of North America (if available)
Google: Search Google for Phlox pulvinata

Metadata

Record Modified: 2013-06-12
Research By: TWC Staff

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